A 33-YEAR-OLD Emganwini man, who resides at his mother-in-law’s house, yesterday allegedly attacked his wife on the head seven times with a machete before breaking her two fingers, accusing her of refusing to have sexual intercourse with him.
The man identified as Alfred Lunga, was staying together with his wife Sikhululekile Ndlovu (22) at Christine Mudzami’s house, where the incident reportedly occurred.
The couple has a one-year-three-month-old child.
In an interview with Southern Eye, Mudzami said she was at the United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) accompanying her daughter after she was attacked by Lunga, who ran away soon after committing the offence.
Mudzami said the attack occurred at around 7am.
“My son-in-law struck my daughter seven times on the head with a machete and also broke her two fingers, one from each hand,” she said.
“He attacked her in my presence. I tried to restrain him, but he overpowered me. He even wanted to strike the child, but I ran away with the baby. He then ran away, but we have reported the matter to the police.”
Mudzami said her daughter was bleeding profusely and the blood was all over the house.
“When I asked him why he wanted to kill his wife like that, he said he had to have sex with her, but she kept on refusing and he got angry,” Mudzami said.
“I was keeping this boy at my house and he could not even bring anything home. He was only a consumer. Look at what he has done to my daughter. I want him jailed. As I speak, the police are looking for him and I hope he will be arrested soon.”
Mudzami said they were not aware of Lunga’s home, all they knew was that his mother stayed somewhere close to Fairbridge in Bulawayo.
Contacted for comment, Bulawayo Police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango advised Southern Eye to call later.-SouthernEye